2015-16 NBA MVP

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The Warriors are offering fans the opportunity to take a photo with the last two NBA MVP trophies at the Warriors Team Store at Oracle Arena on Friday, May 13 from 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. Fans will also have the opportunity to purchase exclusive Warriors merchandise including the brand new MVP line, 73 Win gear, and an assortment of Playoff items.

Warriors guard Stephen Curry became the first unanimous winner of the Maurice Podoloff Trophy as the 2015-16 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player. Curry is the 11th player in NBA history to win the award in consecutive seasons (the first guard to do so since Steve Nash in 2004-05 and 2005-06) and the 39th player in the history of the four major professional sports to be named MVP in back-to-back campaigns. In franchise history, only Curry and Wilt Chamberlain (1959-60) have earned the honor, with Curry becoming the club’s first two-time winner of the award.

Based on overall sales from adidas and the NBAStore for the 2015-16 regular season, Warriors back-to-back MVP Stephen Curry ranked first in the league for the NBA’s most popular jersey with the Warriors ranking first in most popular team merchandise during that same period.

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Fan Photo Opportunity With Back-to-Back MVP Trophies Won by Stephen Curry

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Video Infographic: MVP Stephen Curry

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Stephen Curry Honored as 2015-16 NBA MVP

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On Tuesday, May 10, Warriors guard Stephen Curry was named the unanimous 2015-16 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player. Following the announcement, a Kia NBA MVP Press Conference was held at Oracle Arena for Curry, who became the first unanimous selection and 11th player in NBA history to win back-to-back MVP awards.

Enjoy the top social moments from Curry's Kia NBA MVP Press Conference.

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Top Social Moments from Stephen Curry's 2015-16 Kia NBA MVP Press Conference

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Memorable moments from Stephen Curry's second consecutive MVP acceptance speech.

They say practice makes perfect, and at this rate, Stephen Curry should have this whole MVP speech thing down before long. Curry was named the first unanimous MVP in NBA history on Tuesday, and became just the 11th player in league history to win the award in back-to-back seasons. In his acceptance speech, Curry reflected on the path that brought him to this point, the road that lies ahead, and his ascending status within the scope of basketball lore. Here are a few things that stood out in yet another memorable moment involving the two-time defending Most Valuable Player:

Make no mistake, as the son of an accomplished NBA veteran in his own right, Curry has long been well-versed in the history of the game, and the specialness of his most recent achievement is not lost on him. That was certainly clear when Curry reflected on the exclusive group of back-to-back MVPs that he is now a part of, placing all his new peers under the category of ‘legends.’ Curry didn’t go so far as to include himself under that terminology, but then again, that shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. You won’t find a more modest superstar than Curry, and so it was quite fitting that he opened his speech with effusive gratitude and appreciation towards the various groups of people that have aided in bringing him to this point.

If you want to know what makes Curry deserving of the MVP award, just ask his coworkers. Not only is Curry a world class basketball player, he is completely endeared by all of his teammates, coaches and executives, and that couldn’t have been made more clear by their remarks. In his speech, Warriors General Manager Bob Myers chose to focus on Curry the person, stating things like, “You’re someone who is very hard not to like,” and, “you make going to work everyday for me a true joy.” Steve Nash - one of the 10 other back-to-back MVPs in league history – spoke on Curry the player and the shocking impact he’s had on the game, admitting, “I’ve never seen [the game] evolve in six months like he’s shown us this year.” Don’t feel bad, Steve. Neither has anyone else.

One of the more humorous moments of the entire event was during Steve Kerr’s speech in which he reflected on the first time he met Curry’s mother, Sonya. Kerr recounted that the first words out of her mouth upon their introduction were, “Do you think he can make it in the NBA?” In joking about how nobody could have seen this storyline coming, Kerr quipped towards Steph, “Your own mom didn’t know if you could make it in the league.” All joking aside, Steph didn’t exactly foresee this ascent either. “I never really set out to change the game,” he said. “What I wanted to do was just be myself.”

If there was one overarching theme to Curry’s message, it was two-fold. While Curry urged his fellow teammates to remember and be appreciative of what they’ve already accomplished, becoming the first team in NBA history to win 73 games, he reminded them not to get complacent. In closing his speech, Curry indicated his eyes remain intently focused on the conquest of a repeat, finishing with, “Let’s win a championship.”

Curry’s MVP ceremony concluded in the most fitting way possible, as the man who has impacted countless lives around the world through his volunteer and service efforts made yet another gracious gesture in donating a 2016 Kia Sorrento to the Covenant House, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to helping homeless youth. Whether draining three-pointers or assisting in the community, Curry continues to confirm what we’ve known all along – that he’s an MVP, both on and off the court.

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Warriors guard Stephen Curry is the first-ever unanimous selection for the NBA MVP Award.

Stephen Curry Pregame MVP Ceremony
           Game 5: Wednesday, May 117:30 p.m. (PDT)

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry is the unanimous winner of the Maurice Podoloff Trophy as the 2015-16 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player, the league announced today. Curry is the 11th player in NBA history to win the award in consecutive seasons (the first guard to do so since Steve Nash in 2004-05 and 2005-06) and the 39th player in the history of the four major professional sports to be named MVP in back-to-back campaigns. In franchise history, only Curry and Wilt Chamberlain (1959-60) have earned the honor, with Curry becoming the club’s first two-time winner of the award.

Curry, 28, led the Warriors to an NBA-record 73 wins in 2015-16 (73-9, .890) while establishing an NBA record with 402 three-point field goals, topping his own previous league record (286 set in 2014-15) by 116 threes. Golden State became the first team in NBA history to hit 1,000 threes in a single campaign, finishing with 1,077 three-pointers.

In 79 games (all starts), the seventh-year guard led the league in scoring with 30.1 points per game, becoming the first Warrior to lead the league in scoring since Rick Barry in 1966-67 and the first guard to average at least 30 points while shooting 50 percent or better from the floor since Michael Jordan in 1991-92. Curry also led the league in steals (2.14), becoming the first player to lead the league in both scoring and steals since Allen Iverson in 2001-02, to go with 6.7 assists and 5.4 rebounds in 34.2 minutes. Curry saw an increase of 6.3 points per game over his 2014-15 scoring average (23.8 points), the highest year-over-year scoring average increase by a reigning MVP in NBA history, and played in the fewest minutes per game (34.2) of any 30-point scorer in NBA history. The Davidson product hit 50.4 percent from the field and 45.4 percent from three-point range (third in the NBA) while leading the league in free throw percentage (.908), becoming just the seventh player in NBA history to hit at least 50 percent from the field, 40 percent from three and 90 percent from the line while qualifying for the league minimums in all three categories, joining Steve Nash as the only players to hit 50/45/90 over the course of an entire campaign.

From a panel of 130 voters that consisted of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada, as well as an NBA.com MVP fan vote, Curry totaled 1,310 points to become the first unanimous winner of the award in league history. As part of its support of the Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award, Kia Motors America will donate on behalf of Curry a brand new Sorento CUV to Covenant House California, a non-profit agency whose mission is to reach out to at-risk homeless youth living on the streets and offer them hope and opportunities to turn their lives around. An extremely active member of the Bay Area community, Curry was the recipient of the 2013-14 NBA Seasonlong Community Assist Award, which recognizes the NBA player who best reflects the passion that the league and its players have for giving back to their communities.

Curry hit a three-pointer in each of the 79 games he played in 2015-16, setting an NBA record by hitting at least one three-pointer in 152-straight regular-season games. The 6’3” guard hit at least 10 threes four times during the season, a feat no other player has accomplished more than three times in their careers. Curry also led the league in Player Efficiency Rating (31.56), true shooting percentage (.669) and offensive rating (116.7) and posted more games with at least 30 points (40), 40 points (13) and 50 points (3) than any player in the league.

Curry was named Western Conference Player of the Month for games played in both October/November and February, becoming the first player in club annals to win the award twice in a single season with his franchise-record fourth and fifth such honors, and was named Western Conference Player of the Week on four occasions. He earned his third-straight All-Star appearance, becoming the first Warrior to start in three-straight All-Star Games since Rick Barry (1974-76).

In addition to setting the single-season wins record, the Warriors established a new NBA-mark for single-season road wins with 34 and won their first 36 home games to give them an NBA-record 54-game regular-season home winning streak dating back to the 2014-15 season. Golden State began the season with a 24-0 record, the best start to a campaign in professional sports history, and extended its regular-season win streak to 28-straight games dating back to the previous season, the second-longest win streak in league annals. Golden State became the first team in NBA history to go an entire regular season without losing consecutive games and the first to go an entire campaign without losing to the same team twice.

For the seventh consecutive season, the NBA and Kia Motors America gave fans the opportunity to submit votes by ranking their top five choices through a dedicated Web page on NBA.com. The fan vote counted as one vote toward determining the winner. Players were awarded 10 points for each first-place vote, seven points for each second-place vote, five points for each third-place vote, three points for each fourth-place vote and one point for each fifth-place vote. The NBA MVP trophy is named in honor of the late Maurice Podoloff, the first commissioner of the NBA who served from 1946 until his retirement in 1963.

Below are the voting results for the 2015-16 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award. The balloting was tabulated by the independent accounting firm of Ernst &amp; Young LLP.

2015-16 KIA  NBA MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD RESULTS

2015‑16 NBA MVP